On November 6, 2007, NCsoft announced that it will assume ownership of both City of Heroes and City of Villains. As part of a push to further develop City of Heroes, the company has also announced the formation of a new development studio dedicated to new titles as well as their interest in distributing and administering their future works once launched. This new team is centered on key members of the Cryptic and NCsoft City of Heroes/Villains teams who didn't accept the NCSoft offer to join their new studio in North California. The sale of the City of Heroes IP grants Cryptic Studios the freedom to work on its new superhero MMOG (at this time, a RPG/Action hybrid) Champions Online without concerns of conflict of interest. Shortly after having acquired full ownership of the property, NCsoft granted all existing and former City of Heroes account holders access to both games (City of Heroes & City of Villains). This allowed all Hero players access to Superbases, which initially required a CoV purchase from its release in Issue 7 until Issue 10, and is no longer required as of Issue 11. Before the purchase, NCSoft allowed players with a subscription or a time card for City of Heroes to have the same access to City of Villains as well (at its lowest price point, $14.99 covered access to both titles for a month), whether or not they have purchased the other title. This is still being honored after all accounts who had only City of Heroes received access to City of Villains for free.